Historic Park around Los Angeles City Hall
Turns Greener with LED Lighting

Torrance, Calif., Aug. 13, 2012 — When
the park surrounding Los Angeles City Hall reopened after eight
months of repair work, sustainability and energy conservation were
among a variety of articulated criteria for its restoration. City
Hall Park was cordoned off by chain-link fence last year after
police cleared hundreds of Occupy L.A. demonstrators who had camped
on the lawn for nearly two months.

“We were presented with a choice
— Reinvest in a park that is greener, smarter and more
sustainable,” proclaimed Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa at
the official reopening ceremony in July.

The nearly $1 million in renovations included a
smart irrigation installation, water retention schemes, turf
reduction, replanting with water-stingy native vegetation, and
investing in “energy-efficient LED lighting,”
said the mayor.

Located around the tree-lined pathways and
stairs of the 1.7-acre park are 13 lampposts whose ballasted 130-W
high-pressure-sodium post-top bulbs have recently been replaced
with 27-W LED lamps from LEDtronics, Inc., of Torrance,
California.

Apart from the energy savings of 103 watts per
unit, the LED lamps offer much longer product lifespans than HPS or
metal halide, resulting in reduced replacement and maintenance
costs; improved visibility and enhanced night vision (as compared
with high glare from HID lamps), and reduction of hot-spots, all
helping with crime prevention; reduced light pollution, because
light can be directed where it is needed and not into surrounding
office buildings; instant illumination with no delay in re-strike,
and no ultraviolet emissions that attract insects.

The installed warm-white LEDtronics acorn-style
post-top lamps operate on a 100-277-Vac-wide voltage range and provide a
uniform pattern of light. The ETL-listed units feature a ventilated
assembly that maintains a cool-running lamp, and an optimized
circuitry that corrects the power factor for maximum efficiency.
They are made in the USA from imported parts and meet Buy American
requirements within the ARRA program. The lamps come with a 5-year
factory warranty.

Similar LEDtronics post-top LED lamps have been
installed in neighborhoods all around Southern California,
including the Pasadena Civic Center and its residential streets;
Mountain Gate Park in Corona; all along Linden Avenue and the Metro
station in Carpinteria; Library Park in Monrovia, and streets in
Santa Ana.

For over 80 years the park surrounding the main
City Hall building has served as a gathering place for the
community and elected officials in the urban center of Los Angeles.
With its latest rehabilitation with environment-friendly
landscaping, water conservation and energy-efficient lighting from
LEDtronics, the park has also become, as Mayor Villaraigosa
indicated, a “symbol of sustainability.”

About LEDtronics®

Based in Torrance, California, LEDtronics, Inc.,
since 1983 has been a world leader in designing, manufacturing and
packaging Solid State Lighting products and state-of-the-art LEDs
to meet the world’s constantly changing lighting
needs—from industrial control panel LED indicator lights
to solid-state LED street lights, from direct incandescent-
replacement based LED bulbs to direct fluorescent-replacement T8
LED tube lamps.

About LED30HPS-600-SIW-002

More information is available online for the
LED30HPS-600-SIW-002 series of post-top LED lamps: